Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Administration) H S Patel told reporters on Tuesday that the idea behind the training was to ensure that the newcomers know of the ways a civic body functions.

According to sources, currently the newly recruited got accustomed to the system on their own instead of their departmental heads making them understand the system.

The training will also be extended to senior officers. According to Patel, while 56 cadres of the VMC would be trained for the purpose, existing civic employees will be given one week's training.

Though there are an estimated 12,000 employees in the VMC, Patel said only 3,500-odd employees, excluding those working in the road department or class IV employees (sweepers), would be trained. The excluded employees would be trained by their respective department officers who would be trained beforehand.

Patel said the while the VMC was getting details about the course from various training colleges in the State, the programme would enable in improving the administration. The intention was to make training a continuous process, he added.

The faculties would be drawn from the VMC, the Collectorate, retired officers of the VMC and former mamlatdars.